[safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
Mark Tinka
mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Fri Jun 29 13:35:17 UTC 2018
Thanks, Noah.
On the face of it, that is not a bad rate at all.
Any chance we can go lower, or is that the absolute bottom?
Mark.
On 29/Jun/18 09:38, Noah Maina wrote:
>
> Hi Team
>
>
> Some updates on the venue and accommodation based on deliberations
> between TISPA team and Serena Hotel.
>
>
> We can confirm that Serena have blocked the main meeting room together
> with two outbreak rooms in which they will only charge one room and
> offer the other room for free.
>
>
>
> Serena will offer a special rate of 181.5 (single occupancy) in
> accommodation for all the delegates who will be attending the meeting.
>
>
> Cheers,
> *Noah Maina*
> AS37100 Peering Team
> http://as37100.net/?peering
>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Noah Maina
> *Sent:* Friday, June 29, 2018 10:35 AM
> *To:* Miss Portia; Mark Tinka
> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>
>
> Hi Portia
>
>
> The 1st communications had Hyatta in it. So i was just informing that
> we update to Serena in our 2nd round of updates to various mailing lists.
>
>
> Cheers,
> *Noah Maina*
> AS37100 Peering Team
> http://as37100.net/?peering
>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Miss Portia <portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 29, 2018 5:34 AM
> *To:* Mark Tinka
> *Cc:* Noah Maina; safnog-oc at safnog.org
> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>
> Hi Mark, Noah,
>
> The website was updated to Serena Hotel during the week already.
>
> Noah, please confirm where you seeing the Hyatt Regency Hotel?
>
> Regards,
> Portia
>
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 at 00:18, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu
> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:
>
> Yes, Noah. Agreed.
>
> The web site should have been updated by now (Portia can confirm),
> and any future correspondence will reflect the Serena. Thanks.
>
> Mark.
>
> On 28/Jun/18 09:16, Noah Maina wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>>
>> The public announcement does have Hyatt Regency Hotel as the
>> venue for SAFNOG/EANOG conference.
>>
>>
>> Can we all update all the announcements to indicate *Serena Hotel
>> * instead as there has since been a change from Hyatt to Serena.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
>> A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Noah Maina
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:59 AM
>> *To:* Mark Tinka; John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau); Miss Portia
>>
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org <mailto:safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement -
>> Final Draft
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>>
>> If I may, is Mzee Boma on the safnog-oc list? He seems to be
>> missing all the dialogs
>>
>>
>> gm at tispa.or.tz <mailto:gm at tispa.or.tz>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is.
>> A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5:56 PM
>> *To:* John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau); Miss Portia
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org <mailto:safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement -
>> Final Draft
>>
>> Thanks, John.
>>
>> So I'm working on the CfP (Call for Paper), a draft of which I'll
>> share tonight. Once we all agree on the general topics to work
>> on, we can start pushing it out immediately.
>>
>> After that, we can begin building the base program agenda
>> skeleton. But in general, I'm looking at the below:
>>
>> * Main plenary for 30-minute conference presentations.
>> * Break-out room for 30-minute conferences presentation.
>> * Break-out room for 90-minute conference tutorials/workshops.
>> * Break-out room for 180-minute conference tutorials/workshops.
>>
>> Note that the break-out rooms are not dedicated to holding
>> general or tutorial talks. We can use the rooms depending on the
>> content and space available.
>>
>> I've asked Noah to reserve 1x plenary hall + 2x break-out rooms.
>>
>> It's great to hear that Techminds and Cisco are keen to share a
>> tutorial.
>>
>> Will update the group shortly. Thanks.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 26/Jun/18 16:01, John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau) wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For the actual tracks to train, when do we decide on those?
>>> Cisco specifically Meraki is looking to have a session probably
>>> an afternoon sponsored by Techminds.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:*Miss Portia <portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
>>> <mailto:portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2018 3:04 PM
>>> *To:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org <mailto:safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement -
>>> Final Draft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Mark.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 at 14:02, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu
>>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, the BoT will still host the tzNOG workshops.
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/Jun/18 13:41, Miss Portia wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The update has been noted. Please confirm if the
>>> workshop sessions will still be at the Bank of Tanzania
>>> Building or if they will be held at the Serena as well?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 at 13:29, Mark Tinka
>>> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Noah. Great news!
>>>
>>> Let's lock the dates in right away! I'm guessing
>>> getting SEACOM fibre into there for the week won't
>>> be a problem.
>>>
>>> Portia, please update the web site to indicate the
>>> conference will now be held at the Serena.
>>>
>>> Noah, we are going to need at least 2, maximum 3
>>> conference rooms at the Serena. One for the main
>>> plenary, and the other 2 for breakout sessions.
>>> Please work with as we book the hotel resources. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/Jun/18 14:38, Noah Maina wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mark/Team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have locked down Serena and we got some
>>> discount for 250pax. We will share the details
>>> as they come in from Serena Hotel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> *Noah Maina*
>>> AS37100 Peering Team
>>>
>>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address
>>> indicates where it is. A route indicates how we
>>> get there." Jon Postel
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:*Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 22, 2018 6:01 PM
>>> *To:* Noah Maina; Miss Portia
>>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>>> <mailto:safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG
>>> Announcement - Final Draft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Noah.
>>>
>>> Team, we need to communicate quickly on action
>>> points so that we do not lose precious windows.
>>>
>>> Noah, suggest we go ahead and lock the Serena in
>>> immediately, and confirm with them via a deposit.
>>>
>>> Let's maintain the dates. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>> On 22/Jun/18 16:57, Noah Maina wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Team,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just to update that we the Hyatt came back
>>> to us indicating that the first 2 days are
>>> already booked.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> They however have the 26th – 28th available
>>> as the best alternative dates?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We also checked with Serena Hotel and they
>>> confirmed availability and we have gone
>>> ahead to make bookings. We will also meet
>>> Serena this coming Monday.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We need to make decision quick and lock the
>>> bookings.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> *Noah Maina*
>>> AS37100 Peering Team
>>>
>>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address
>>> indicates where it is. A route indicates how
>>> we get there." Jon Postel
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:*Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:37 PM
>>> *To:* Miss Portia
>>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>>> <mailto:safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc]
>>> SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Portia.
>>>
>>> Yes, the announcement has started going out.
>>> You would have seen it on the main SAFNOG list.
>>>
>>> All, please start pushing this out to your
>>> (local/regional/global) networks and lists,
>>> and your social media profiles.
>>>
>>> Let's get the word out there. The hard work
>>> begins now.
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>> On 20/Jun/18 14:41, Miss Portia wrote:
>>>
>>> Good day Mark,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> May I confirm that the announcement has
>>> gone out and if we may start sharing on
>>> SM platforms?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 09:18, Mark Tinka
>>> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu
>>> <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19/Jun/18 22:18, Nishal Goburdhan
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> i saw my name somewhere else and
>>> i’m not sure why but i’m sure it
>>> will all work out
>>>
>>> my worry about a 3d plenary is
>>> that we have enough problems
>>> getting enough speakers for 2d.
>>> but if this is not a concern
>>> then ok; i’m not really hard
>>> set into anything specific.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not really worried about that this
>>> year, as EANOG and TISPA are
>>> on-board and will help drive the agenda.
>>>
>>> It could be more difficult with just
>>> SAFNOG, but if we are successful at
>>> it this year, which I believe we
>>> will be, it will be easier to
>>> solidify going forward.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
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>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Portia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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